Daughter Teething and Eating EVERYTHING

We let my son teethe on wooden blocks until he started eating them. We also have bite marks on several pieces of furniture. Both kids had horrible, long, drawn out teething - even our pediatrician was surprised. He made comments of "I was surethey would be in by now" when we took my daughter in to check for a possible ear infection. She had scratched until her ear bled! What worked (sometimes) was that mesh teether you can put ice cubes in, so that they don't choke. Also, wet and freeze washclothes. Hylands teething tablets (available at Walgreens, and other places), which are homeopathic, helped some, because I did not want to give motrin continuously. My son hated baby oragel and any of those, but my they helped for my daughter. We stuck to cloth books, unless I was in arms reach, and NO wooden toys. If bits came off of other toys, away they went - safety first! Oh, we also tried dog toys, my sister-in-law said they used those for working with special needs kids who had issues with chewing on things. Kids ended up trying to give those to our dogs (dogs had larger versions, maybe that confused the kids). At almost 6, my son still sucks his thumb, and at almost 4, my daughter starts putting EVERYTHING into her mouth whenever she has a growth spurt. Good luck!

What worked for me with my daughter (she's 7 now), and my niece who also, like your daughter, ate EVERYTHING, was positive redirection. So you would take the item she's chewing/eating, gently telling her that "This is'nt food, We don't eat ..... " whatever the item is, "We eat food like ...."and give her something she can chew on. If she's teething you might try biter biscuits , or something else she can cut teeth on. My son (14 months) loves apple slices.

She may be chewing on everything because she's teething. Children (like horses) like to chew on wood when they're teething.

I would let your little one chew on wooden blocks- they should be safe as long as they are not splintering off or have toxic paint on them, My son loved to chew on his natural wood blocks and I let him. There are also some great natural wooden teething rings available at baby stores or at green baby websites. Try to google natural teething rings and let her chew- it is her way of feeling better and it does end when teething ends

As long as all of her toys are baby safe (which I assume they are) I wouldn't worry about her chewing on them. It's a stage, and it will pass.
My son used to chew on the edges of his board books which drove me crazy because I thought he was "ruining" them. But as he got older it was a funny reminder of that stage in his development!